Debate

Debate, also Debating outside the USA and Canada, is a formalized system of (usually) logical argument. Rules governing debate allow groups and individuals to discuss and decide issues and differences. Debate is a common process in deliberative bodies such as parliaments, legislative assemblies, and meetings of all sorts. Outcomes of debates may be decided by voting, by judges, or by combination of both.

External links

International debate organizations

• International Debate Education Association
• International Public Debate Association
• Australasian Intervarsity Debating Association

Other related websites

• Debate Network (Arguments for and against a wide variety of debate topics)
• World Debate Website Information about university debating events around the globe
• Oxford Union (Oxford University)
• American Parliamentary Debating Association (U.S., collegiate)
• National Parliamentary Debate Association (U.S., collegiate)
• Cross Examination Debate Association (U.S., collegiate)
• National Debate Tournament Home Page (U.S., collegiate)
• British Debate Information about school and university debating in Britain
• Debate Central Wideranging debate training website. Includes several online videos
• Association of Urban Debate Leagues (U.S., secondary and middle school)
• National Forensic League (U.S., secondary school)
• National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (U.S., secondary school)
• National Parliamentary Debate League (U.S., secondary school)
• National Debate Coaches Association (U.S., secondary school)
• Debate Outreach Network A resource for starting a debate team. Includes video from the Dartmouth Debate Institute
• Debatepoint dot com Web-based debate software
• New Zealand Schools Debating Council Website of the New Zealand Schools Debating Council, who organise schools debating in New Zealand
• Slovak Debate Associaton
• ARDOR - Romanian National Debate Association
• ASDV Bonaparte is the academic debating society in Amsterdam
• Parliamentary Debate League - Parli Grand Nationals (U.S., secondary school)